Mr Tax Refund Backs up Successful Tax Season by Launching Tax Preparation Franchise Program

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Australia’s fastest growing tax preparer Mr Tax Refund, today officially launched its national tax preparation franchise program, unveiling their unique opportunity to the franchise community.

Mr Tax Refund Pty Ltd, a nationwide provider of over-the-phone tax preparation services offering one day refunds, today are poised to explode onto the retail scene via an innovative new tax franchising program.

The captivating story behind Mr Tax Refund is now being rolled out to prospective franchisees nationally. The tax and accounting firm decided to franchise its system nationwide in order to further accelerate expansion of its popular service and give enterprising individuals with minimal capital the opportunity to get into their own business.

‘Our franchisees will range from recent accounting graduates seeking to attain their tax agent licence through to experienced practitioners looking to supplement earnings during the busy tax season’, said Mr Tax Refund CEO Stephen Burns.

The company has also built significant flexibility into the system to allow franchisees to build their business according to their individual capabilities and goals.

‘We’ve made the strategic decision to keep the program cost of entry as low as possible to allow good candidates without a lot of money a chance get started and do well’ said Burns. ‘We will however be carefully selecting only those candidates with outstanding energy, people skills, technical knowledge, aptitude and a strong desire to succeed’.

Regarded as the fastest growing National tax preparer in the market, Mr Tax Refund has had rave reviews from clients since launching in in July last year. Since then the company has had a very successful debut lodging thousands of tax returns, and, advancing almost as many on the spot refunds. Mr Tax Refund’s discount tax preparation service and one business day refund option challenged Australia’s largest tax preparers H&R Block and ITP and now with the launch of its national franchise program, Mr Tax Refund is taking the fight directly to them.

‘Our first franchisees are set to benefit from the latent demand we have created and we’ve already identified some areas with incredible potential, said Burns. ‘Management and staff at Mr Tax Refund have a significant amount of franchising experience in the financial services industry. We have the ability to consult with franchisees to ensure that they get up and running quickly and profitably in their first tax season with us’

Mr Tax Refund is now seeking their first franchise owners throughout Australia. For further information visit http://www.mrtaxrefund.com.au/work-with-us.php

 

About Mr Tax Refund.

Commencing trading in June 2012, Mr Tax Refund is a Registered Tax Agent with a difference. The company offers its clients discounted tax preparation and lodgment. The company offers a one business day ‘instant’ refund option to clients who can’t wait for their refund from the tax office, and a ‘Double-Your-Fee’s-Back’ maximum refund guarantee. In FY 2015 it’s conservatively estimated the Company will have serviced over 100,000 customers.

Media Contact
Stephen Burns, CEO
M. +61 449 611 000
P. 1300 829 227
F. 1800 329 829
E. stephen.burns@mrtaxrefund.com.au
W. http://www.mrtaxrefund.com.au

Happy 2013! We are open for tax refunds.

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Happy 2013 to our clients and the many thousands who have registered on the Mr Tax Refund site!

Been a bit slow to get your tax return in last year? Maybe you have friends or family with an outstanding tax return?

We are open for business and can easily prepare and lodge all of your current and previous year returns quickly and easily.

Go to www.mrtaxrefund.com.au and register today.

Winners of 2012!

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Here at Mr Tax Refund we have completed our first tax season! To date we’ve lodged almost 2,500 returns and we’re not done yet. Along the way we’ve found time to run some fun competitions with big names like Birds Eye and simply reward our fantastic customers for telling their friends about us.

We’ve drawn the lucky winners of two of our competitions, drum roll please…

Leanne from Perth won our ‘refer a friend’ competition winning $100 and a digital coin counting piggy bank to keep track of her winnings!

Leanne said,

‘Mr Tax Refund made the process of lodging your tax return simple and fast.  It was great value for money and I will be using them again next year.’

Kirsten from Brisbane hit the jackpot and won $1000 simple by supporting our Facebook campaign and sharing the Mr Tax Refund service with her friends, that way they will all keep up to date with more great competitions and early bird deals for next year.

Don’t forget to stay tuned to our Facebook page for more fun stuff, competitions, offers and early bird discounts on your return next year!

The team here would like to thank everyone for their support in our first year and wish you a happy and safe holiday season.

See you in 2013!!!   

Time is ticking to do your tax by 31 October

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The deadline for lodging your personal tax return for the 2011-2012 financial year is 31 October 2012.

 

If you are unable to meet this deadline you can nominate a registered tax agent such as Mr Tax Refund to prepare your tax return and lodge after 31 October without incurring a penalty.
It is always best to complete your return before 31 October and Mr Tax Refund can help you do this. Simply sign up here and one of our team members will be in touch to personally assist you. If you have to lodge your return late, you can still register with Mr Tax Refund now and contact us to confirm your full details and Tax File Number for us to register you as one of our clients with the ATO.

 

If you cannot lodge your return with the ATO or nominate a tax agent by 31 October, the ATO advises you to contact them as soon as possible to discuss late lodgement. However this may incur penalties.
You can call the ATO on this number 13 28 61 or see their guide to lodging a personal tax return.

 

Don’t let a tax refund disappear in penalty payments, register with Mr Tax Refund today, we have evening appointments to suit your availability and the average return takes only 15-20 minutes!
Go to Mr Tax Refund for more information.

Squeal to Your Friends and Win!

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Everyone likes to share a good service with their friends but why not get rewarded for the good deed?

We’ll give you $10 every time you recommend a friend who completes a tax return with Mr Tax Refund, we will also give your friend an extra $10 off our already super low rate![1] What’s more you will both go into the draw to win a piggy bank full of gold coins![2]

Refer 5 people or more and get a Free Digital Piggy Bank!   Simply have your friend tell our tax consultants your 6 digit Mr Tax Refund Customer ID.

But be quick the end of tax season is coming up!

Customer Care Team   Mr Tax Refund

[1] Terms and Conditions Apply. Fees and Charges Apply

[2] Terms and Conditions Apply.

Licence Number: LTPS-12-07771

Mr Tax Refund Launches Mr BookKeeping

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Just 6 months after the successful launch of Mr Tax Refund, the company announced today the launch of ‘Mr BookKeeping’ – an innovative, low cost professional bookkeeping and accountancy service targeting small business.

Mr Tax Refunds’ $79 charge for basic tax preparation plus 24 hour tax refund option challenged Australia’s largest Tax Agent groups H&R Block and ITP in July. Since then the company has had a very successful debut lodging thousands of tax returns, and, advancing almost as many 24 hour refunds.

Now with the launch of Mr BookKeeping, Mr Tax Refund is turning its focus to Australian sole traders and small business.

“Mr BookKeeping is a natural extension of the Mr Tax Refund brand and service.  After only a few months we’ve shaken up our competition in the tax preparation industry. Now we’ll do the same for accounting and bookkeeping services.” said Mr BookKeeping CEO Stephen Burns.

Mr BookKeeping has tailored its low cost services to appeal to tradespersons, contractors, sole traders and small businesses up to 20 employees.

“Like our tax service, Mr BookKeeping clients will be offered the same or better service for a fraction of the cost of our competitors. Unlike most of our competitors all work will all be done in Australia by university qualified accountants, so we won’t be reducing the quality of our service to attain low fees” said Burns.

To reduce costs, many bookkeeping companies today outsource some or all of their bookkeeping work to India or Asian countries such as The Philippines. Mr BookKeeping has opted to keep its entire business in Australia thereby offering clients a dedicated service from qualified local accountants.

“Mr BookKeeping is a phone based service. The cost savings achieved by providing our services exclusively over-the-phone are passed onto our clients resulting in much lower fees, but we still offer a first rate service. We are proudly Australian owned and staffed” said Burns.

The company maintains that document delivery over the Internet has made the need to attend numerous local offices redundant, and costs saved will be passed onto clients by way of reduced hourly rates. The company will also offer extended hours to allow small business owners and sole traders to focus on their business during working hours when they need to.

“Providing over-the-phone service delivery will offer clients the ability to talk to a real accountant at a time that suits them. We offer extended opening hours and are also open weekends” Burns said. “It will be an ideal solution for those who don’t have the time to do their own bookkeeping, BAS, tax preparation and lodgment”.

The majority of Australian sole traders and small businesses are overworked, overtaxed families who are paying too much for good quality services. They don’t have time to check the accuracy of bookkeeping work or that they are only paying to tax that’s necessary.

Mr BookKeeping claims it will alleviate the worry associated with bookkeeping and BAS by providing a reliable, professional solution at a rock bottom cost.  Additionally, Mr BookKeeping has backed the quality of their work by offering new clients a half rate trial period.

About Mr BookKeeping.

Commencing trading in September 2012, Mr BookKeeping is a low cost professional BookKeeping, Tax & BAS service. The company offers its clients combined over-the-phone services and utilises Australian based professional accountants to perform all work. Cost savings from not having physical offices are passed onto clients in the form of much lower fees, extended hours and additional services. The company offers a half rate trial to new clients to allow them to check the quality and value of services. Mr BookKeeping is a wholly owned business of Mr Tax Refund Pty Ltd, a registered Tax Agent who prepares and lodges thousands of tax returns annually.

Further information can be found at http://www.mrbookkeeping.com.au/

Media Contact

Stephen Burns, CEO

M. +61 449 611 000

P. 1300 829 227

F. 1800 329 829

E. info@mrbookkeeping.com.au

 

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50,000 tax refunds stopped by ATO

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We don’t usually publish articles direct from mass media but this one may be inmportant for some of our clients.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/money/money-matters/tax-refunds-stopped-by-ato/story-fn312ws8-1226467274120

Tax refund

50,700 tax returns have been stopped and scruitinised by the Australian Tax Office.

MORE than 50,000 people have had their tax returns stopped by the Australian Taxation Office for suspected over-claimed or fraudulent tax refunds this financial year.

Latest data from the ATO shows since July 1 more than 5.45 million individual tax returns have been lodged for the 2011-12 financial year.

That is an increase of about 261,000 returns processed in the first two months compared with the same time last year, and the amount of refunds paid so far is also up by $40 million to $9.76 billion.

About 12.4 million individuals will lodge an income tax return this financial year but not all will do the right thing.

The figures show of the returns lodged in July and August more than 50,700 were stopped and had the microscope put over them.

Of these, 11,000 tax returns have been released after there has been cross-checking and the validation of third-party information, for example from employers.

About 6900 reviews have been completed and another 32,800 tax returns remain on hold for further review and compliance action has commenced on about 11,800 returns.

HLB Mann Judd tax partner Neil Wickenden said before lodging a return, Australians should carefully check their finances, particularly claims they have made.

“You need to ensure that whatever you put in your return that it’s completely accurate,” he said.

“More particularly where you are claiming deductions of any sort you have got substantiation and supporting records, that’s one of the things the ATO have said in their 2012-13 compliance program they are going to scrutinise.”

Mr Wickenden said whenever a return is lodged and a refund is issued, you should assume the ATO would look at your return more closely.

In 2011-12 around 109,000 income tax returns were stopped for potential over-claiming or fraud and about 79,000 of these required a full review, which the ATO said protected around $200 million of revenue.

Lodging returns electronically has also risen dramatically with 1.62 million returns lodged through the e-tax 2012 service in July and August, compared with 1.57 million at the same time last year.

Last year 73 per cent of Australians lodged individual returns online.

The ATO said electronic tax returns were 35 per cent less likely to require manual corrections compared to returns lodged manually.

This year the tax office is keeping a close eye on individual from the defence force and also working in information technology.

Get your Tax Return in by 31 October 2012 or Risk Fines

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Penalties for not lodging your return can be significant but there’s an easy way to avoid them.

Personal tax returns in Australia are due to be lodged with the Tax Office by 31 October and covers the last financial year (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012).

The people you worked for from July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 are legally obliged to have sent you all your payment summaries by now[1]. So if you have not yet lodged your tax return and have received payment summaries then you better get a wiggle on and book an appointment and get your return lodged.

What happens if you don’t lodge by 31 October?

If you have not lodged a tax return and have not registered with a tax agent by 31 October then you may be subject to ‘failure to lodge on time’ penalties. This is especially true if you owe tax, have more than one outstanding return, a poor history of lodgement, or have not complied with a request to lodge[2], and for this the penalties can be significant. Because a new fine can be generated approximately every month that the return is late, (up to a maximum of 5 periods) they can add up rapidly especially with high interest applied. In some cases the Tax Office may even lodge a default assessment for you[3].

Of course, the best way to avoid fines is to simply lodge your return on time. But if for whatever reason you still don’t think you may be able to do your tax before October 31 you may significantly reduce your risk of penalty if a licenced tax agent registers you as a client on the ATO Portal[4].

Whatever you do, never avoid lodging a return because you’re afraid you may have to pay tax. Trying to avoid the tax office is a no-win strategy, and, invariably you will end up in a much worse financial position than getting your return in on time!

Some of us find the thought of doing a tax return daunting, and others simply can’t find the time.  But don’t leave it too late. 31 October is rolling around fast.

At Mr Tax Refund, we do all the hard work for you. All you need to do is email, fax or SMS your source documents to us and we call you at a convenient time to complete and lodge your return. It usually only takes 20 minutes and we can call you after hours and weekends to avoid taking time out from work.

What’s more there are no complex forms to fill out and you don’t have to pay a thing up front as we can take our low fees from your refund. If you are in need of your cash fast at your option we can also send your tax refund to your bank in one business day or less[5].

Get Mr Tax Refund to prepare your return before October 31 and not only will you receive a great service at rock bottom rates; you’ll also sidestep any possible fines.

Simply visit http://www.mrtaxrefund.com.au/ and follow the simple sign up instructions, or call us on 1300 829 227 today.

[1] Still don’t have your payment summaries? Call your employer as they may not have an up to date address for you.

[2] ATO “Guide to lodging your tax return” http://www.ato.gov.au

[3] ATO “Default assessments for overdue tax returns” http://www.ato.gov.au

[4] The Tax Agent Portal is a large database of Australian taxpayers and registered tax agents secure access to client information and online communication with the ATO.

[5] Extra Fees apply for this service.

Mr Tax Refund Launches SMS Document Delivery Method

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Mr Tax Refund clients can now photograph and text their required tax documents directly to their tax consultant .

‘Its a great option for busy people on the go and will help reduce the time it takes for our clients to get their refund’ said Stephen Burns Mr Tax Refund CEO.

As from today clients can SMS us anything they need to on our new SMS number 0458 111 333

 

2.68 billion in Australian tax refunds made available in the last 30 days – have you got yours?

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In the past 30 days the Tax Office has made over $2.68 billion available for tax refunds. Time to see Mr Tax Refund for to get your refund sent to your account in 24 hours or less!

Over 1.2 million refunds have been made avaiable at an average of about $2,200 each.

In the past month Mr Tax Refund has advanced many customers refunds much higher than this average.

If you’ve left doing your return for a number of years its even better as you may be due much more than the average $2,200. Last month one lucky client received over a refund of over $17,000 for a multi-year tax return and we forwarded $3,000 of that to his bank in 1 business day – so he was over the moon!

If you haven’t already thought about lodging a return now is the time – your refund awaits.

Contact Mr Tax Refund, and start thinking about what you’ll spend your refund on.